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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Almost half of Australians support sending military to help defend Taiwan, poll suggests

Flags of Taiwan (Republic of China) at the Liberty Square in front of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.
Flags of Taiwan (Republic of China) at the Liberty Square in front of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Photograph: Wiktor Dąbkowski/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

Almost half of Australians believe the country should send troops to help defend Taiwan against China if required, a much higher percentage of the population than in the US or Japan, a new survey suggests.

About a third of the public in the US and Japan agreed with sending military forces to respond to such a crisis, according to polling commissioned by the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.

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